| It's been twenty years...so, here's a challenge for you...
Can you remember events such as the Air Band Contest, the Marathon Dance,
various clubs such as building trades, language clubs, athletics, SAC, and
Tae-Kwon-Do, senior ditch-day, "The Tribe", carnation day, rainy football games
in the bleachers, the Smoke Signals student paper, senior Hawaiian Dance, and
the smoking lounge? How did the wig wam senior cafeteria come about?
The school suddenly became a construction zone. The Homecoming week was
called 'Glory Days'. Some of you were seen break dancing at the Winter Dance
titled 'I Only Want to be With You".
The Spring Dance theme was 'What I Like About You' and our Prom '86 was 'Still
Loving You'. Musicals and plays included Trojan Women, Working,
and Dracula. These were all fast times at Central High! |
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What our classmates were doing then:
- We went to state for Drama Club's Trojan Women.
- Varsity Boys Soccer team set its best overall record 17-2-1 while
becoming a regional finalist and DVC champs.
- Varsity Boys Cross Country placed second in conference which was the best
record in history at the time.
- Varsity Girls Cross Country placed second in conference and 10th in
State. Allstate Recognition for Robin Hartwig, Candice Wilson.
- Varsity Boys Tennis was first in Conference, led by captains Jeff Ellithorpe and Rick Bindi.
- Varsity Girls Tennis captured first place in Conference for the seventh
year in a row.
- Varsity Boys Golf was second in Conference.
- Varsity Girls Golf was second in Regional.
- Varsity Boys Swimming placed Eighth Downstate.
- Varsity Girls Gymnastics finished second in State.
- Varsity Girls Badminton placed second in Conference.
- Varsity Boys Track placed second in Conference.
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| Popular Movies: 9 1/2 Weeks, About Last Night, Aliens, The
Color of Money, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Little
Shop of Horrors, Mad Max, Nightmare on Elm Street, Police Academy 3, Pretty in
Pink, Ruthless People, This is Spinal Tap, St. Elmo's Fire, Stand By Me, Back to
the Future, Top Gun |
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Popular TV Shows: Cheers, Family Ties, Hart to Hart, $100,000
Pyramid, A-Team, The Benny Hill Show, BJ and the Bear, Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs,
The Cosby Show, Dallas, Double Dare, Hill Street Blues, Mork & Mindy, The
People's Court, Taxi, The Twightlight Zone. |
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Events of 1986: Challenger Disaster, Halley's Comet returned,
Ferdinand Marcos Ousted from Philippines, U.S. bombs Libya, Coca Cola's 100th
anniversary, Hands Across America, Statue of Liberty's 100th Anniversary,
Iran-Contra Affair |
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Facts about the 80's:
Population: 226,546,000
National Debt: 1986 - $2,000,000,000,000
Average salary: $15,757
Life Expectancy: Male 69.9 Female 77.6
Minimum Wage: $3.10
BMW was $12,000; Mercedes 280 E was $14,800
Attendance: Movies $20 million/week
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Popular Music: Every Breath You Take by The Police, Faith by George
Michel, Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston, My Prerogative by Bobby Brown,
With or Without You by U2, What's Love Got to Do With it by Tina Turner, Another
Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd, Like A Virgin by Madonna, Bette Davis Eyes by
Kim Carnes, Ebony & Ivory by Paul McCartney. |
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